May 2009

May 27, 2009

Sunday International will be launching a new stamp series later this month....it's the Best of Dee Gruenig, ATC size stamps!! I am so excited. I really, really dig the the bold design of Dee's images and am looking forward to the smaller versions for ATCs and all the "posh-abilities" [as Dee says :o)] of using the various size images.

I started with the envelop. I used the brayer to color in the sky first and then masked a line for the water level and brayered the water.

I colored the hippo image with a gray marker and added a little black around the edges and stamped him under water. I added his eyes and eye brows with the fine tip of the LaPlumeII marker. I added some underwater plants (on the front and back) and sponged the the lower part of the card to make it look like the water's bottom.

I then brayered the water again to make him look under water and added a few bubbles with the fine tip of the LaPlumeII marker.

For the ATC, I used the brayer to color in the sky first and then sponged the greens from the caribbean blox for the grass.

I then stamped some plants and a tree for the background - stamping off on scrap paper first and then onto the ATC. I wanted to make them look they were behind the animals - less vivid. I used the blending blox for the plants and markers for the tree.

For the animals, I used markers directly on the images, blending at least two colors on the stamp for depth and interest. I stamped them onto glossy stick paper. I also stamped some plants using the blending blox.

I cut out the images and layered them onto the ATC.

Excerpt compliments of Posh Impressions April 24th Newsletter

Sunday International is working hard to present a series of special
sets called TheBest of Dee Gruenig. Twelve sets will
be introduced as the first collection with six pairs of small sets that work
well together. They will feature the following three special changes.

Change #1

- Offered on sheets of rubber to save you money, you can mount
them on cushions for use with acrylic see-through mounts. They are also
available as ready to use stamps mounted on the fabulous EZ Mount cushion. You
can now get them both ways.

Change #2- All images are reduced in size to be used for ATCs, inchies
and other smaller projects. They also provide size variation for use with Dee’s
usual larger images.

Change #3 - Where appropriate, images normally facing in one direction
have been reversed for additional variation and combining when stamping.

Expect them in May and please
tell your friends about including mentioning in your chats, forums and clubs.

May 25, 2009

I'm just so darn excited!! A couple of months ago I was interviewed by Warren Gruenig, CEO of Posh Impressions and administrator of Club Posh, for an article in Scrap & Stamp Arts Magazine. It was such an honor!! The interview is published in the July issue. I also submitted a scrapbook page and a greeting card. The scrapbook page features my daughter - who graduated from high school last week. I have many things to be excited about it! :o)

To celebrate, I'll be giving away a copy of the issue. Please leave a comment on this post by Midnight on Sunday, May 31st and I'll pick a winner at random.

I included in sneak peak of the greeting card and scrapbook page. Thank you for visiting!!

May 14, 2009

Are you a doodler? I am! BIG TIME! At the end of my work day, I look back at my notes and find trees, flowers, faces, and squiggles all around my notes. I also stamp on my blank pages so they have some interest when I'm taking notes. :o) I doodle on my grocery list, my sticky notes, mail on the table - I even found myself drawing a flower on the notes I was taking in church - not that I wasn't listening! Today, I'm sharing some doodlin'/painting on the outside of my notebook.

Last year for Christmas my husband gave me a leather notebook - a Circa notebook. Circa is an organizational system from Levenger, and I love mine! In addition to the flexibility of moving pages anywhere you want in the
notebook, there are color pages, color tabs, pocket dividers, AND it has
lots of room for doodlin'. :o)

I used folkArt HD paints and a #12, 3/4" flat brush to paint the flowers and leaves.

May 13, 2009

Do you really enjoying coloring....blending, making your project pop? I do!! I really enjoying coloring with Copic Markers. My favorite features of Copics are the way they blend AND the way you can erase when you make a "le boo boo!" The Pen Addict is having a giveaway. I'm participating because I just can not have enough Copic Markers! I want at least one in every color! Coloring is one my favorite ways to express myself and releave stress. Given the way my day job has been going lately, if I win the giveaway, those markers will throughly be used! :o)

Lightly ran embossing static pouch over white card stock

Stamped images using black ink

Sprinkled embossing powder over the images, shook off access, and then heat set

Colored images with markers starting with the smallest areas first then filling in color in the largest area. I always start with my lightest color, coloring in small circles, then add the darker color and come back with the lighter color to blend. I go back and forth, light...dark...light...until I get the blended look I want.

Cut out the the tea pot using a circle die cut. Cut out the tea bad and tag along embossed line and sent through sticker maker.

May 11, 2009

I continue to experiment and practice with different brands of card stock and mediums. I encourage you to do the same. When you see a technique you like, you don't have to have the exact same brand name items to try it. I learned that tip from Asela. Now, that doesn't stop me from buying new stuff when I get a coupon! :o) Over the years I have collected quite a few crafting items.

Today I made a card with one of my favorite color combinations - red, black, and white.

Stamped polka dots on scrap piece of black card stock with white ink.

I then, stamped the rooster image two times; once on white card stock with black ink (the whole stamp), and once on the black card stock with the polka dots, with white ink (just the upper portion of the stamp) making sure the body was over the polka dots.

On the full image, I colored his head, wing and tail red - using the colorless blender to pull color out of some spots. I also colored black around his wing on his body. That way if my cutting is not precise (which it usually isn't) you will not be able to tell.

Cut body out of black card stock with polka dots and ran it through my little Xyron and adhered to the white card stock image. Cut out whole image with die cut. Added some a little ground in gray and dotted with a black fine line marker.

Next I stamped the chicken feed image twice on a scrap piece of white card stock and colored with markers. I cut out the base image with a circle die cut. I cut out just the bag portion of the second image. I colored both completely and then chose which I wanted for the base and which for just the pop up bag.

Used a large background stamp to stamp polka dots on black card stock with white ink. Allowed it to dry.

I wanted to have just a slight red showing for my layers so I cut the rectangle just slightly larger than the Nestability die cut. For the circle, the 1 3/4" punch worked perfect for the chicken feed image. That was purely coincidence!

May 08, 2009

One of my favorite techniques is coloring! One of my favorite mediums to color with is Copic markers! The Rubbernecker challenge this week is to create something with "your favorite technique." Also this week, Marianne asked about any experience we've had using Strathmore papers. I did some coloring on one of the papers she recommended to see what it was like. I liked coloring on the Vellum. I found it easy to blend and easy to erase - two important things! :o)

Stamped image onto ATC

Colored with markers, starting with lightest color and coming back with darker color to show contrast. Then going back again with lighter color to blend.

I used the colorless marker (0) to really lighten some areas.

I colored her hair black, then went back with the colorless marker in small circles to give a little texture.

I used a glitter pen on her necklace and belt to add a little bling.

Assembled card and added Dew Drops.

Stamped image onto ATC

Colored with markers, starting with yellows - lightest shade first and coming
back with darker color to show contrast. Then going back again with
lighter color to blend.

I used the stamp as my guide for shading and put the darker colors where the hatches were on the image.

I used a glitter pen on one side of the flower pedals.

Colored the background by putting down the blue marker on my nonstick mat and picking it up with the colorless blender to give a really subtle background.

May 04, 2009

Starting with Burt, added dots of green and then spread with the water brush. For adding the darker green, I colored the marker on my non-stick mat and picked up the color with the water brush. I didn't want the color too intense. I continued with the various colors.

For the yellow frosting, I used an opaque pen to make it look more like icing.

Added a glitter pen to Anthony's wings and a metallic pen on the fork.

I used a white gel pen to brighten Burt's eyes and added the pupils back in with a fine line marker.

I then cut out the image with a deco die cut and layered on top of a larger deco die cute.

Stamped the multi-layer cake image several times on an angle as the background in 'tone on tone' - same color ink as card stock. I also stamped the inside of the card with the cake.

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